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UNITED STATES PATENTMQFFICE.

TONY ALEXANDER, OF BISMARCK, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO GIDEON ALEXANDER, OF NEWORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

ELEVATED-CABLE ,SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION.

SPECIFIGATION forming part 0i Letters Patent N0. 703,222, dated. June 24, 1 902" Application filed October 7, 1901. Seria.l1\l'o.77,782. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TONY ALEXANDER,-a citizen of the United States, residing at Hisinarck, in the county of Lawrence and State of Mississippi, have made certain new and use ful Improvements in Elevated-(able Systems of Transportation, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in that system of overhead carriers for transporting logs, dirt, coal, and other freight in which a truck or carriage runs upon a cable attached to horizontal arms or brackets aiiixed to posts.

My invention includes improved means for supporting and locking the cable, whereby it V is held rigidly and duly taut; also, to means for raising the cable to cause propulsion of the log or other freight-by gravity and for al-' lowing slack of the cable at any desired point in the line for the purpose of taking up or arresting and releasing the logs, &c., when at the end of their transit. In brief, the arrangement is such that a slack may be produced at any point for the purpose of hoisting and taking up logs or lowering and releasing them, as may be required, and this maybe done on a single line of cable ora continuous and cir-f cuitous one.

The invention,further,includes an arrangement of the cable and its special supports whereby the carriage fro m which the log is suspended in transit may be turned or switched to the right or left, so as to pass around an angle or curve, as occasion requires.

The invention, further, includes an inn proved connection between the hauling-line and the carriage, the same being engaged and disengaged manually on a single line or auto The carriage is so constructed" grammatic plan view illustrating the ar: angement of the cable when continuous as distinguished from a single line illustrated in Fig, 1. Fig. 2 is a plan view of two singlecable systems, such as illustrated in Fig. 1. v

Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the construction and arrangement of parts for producing a slack in the cable at any point intermediate of the ends of the line. Fig. 4 is a side View further illustrating the arrangement of parts for for'minga slack or loop in the cableintermediate of the ends of the line. Fig. .5 is an end view of a carriage or truck for transporting logs or other freight, together with a sheave or pulley support for the cable. Fig.

6 is a side view of one of the sheaves or pulleys upon which the cable issupported and around which it is wound. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan View of the same parts as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, but illustrating a turn or switch of the cable for deflecting the truck or carriage laterally. Fig. 9 is an ed'ge view illustrating the means for hauling the cable down at certain points and also showing the operation Fig. 15 is a detail sectional View of a portion of theficarriage, illustrating the r Fig. 16 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the carriage and a horizontal section of a portion of one of the cable=pulley supports,

illustrating the operation of the carriage passing the said support.

Referring in the first instancetespecially to Figs. 1 and 2, A indicates the cable, which is supported upon posts l3, l3, and B The end posts of the line are indicated by B and B The several posts or frames willin practice be constructed as described in an application, Oase A, filed by me of even date herewith, and it is unnecessary in'this instance It is to describe their special construction.

'engagementof its lateral arm with the cable.

is not restricted to any form of post.

' cable is'wound around a Windlass 1 or 1 at b of the several posts'B, B, and B each endof the line A, which windlasses may be constructed in any approved manner and are operated by power or manually, as the case may be. The cable passes over and around a series of pulleys orsheaves 2, which are arranged in pairs on the horizontal arms The special construction of these sheave-supports -2 isillustrated in Figs.5, 6, and 7. The sheave proper, 2, isjournaled vertically in ,a casing 3, composed of two plates of plate iron or steel arranged vertically parallel and having base fianges 3" (see Fig. 5,) by which they may be bolted in place upon the arms I) of the several posts. As shown, the cable A passes once around the sheave or pulley 2. When the line or cable A has been stretched to the required degree and is taut, the cable A and sheaves 2 are locked by means of gravitydogs 4, of which two are provided, the same being journaled in the casing 3 on opposite sides of and in the same vertical plane with the sheave 2. Thus when the broad ends of the dogs 4 are turned inward, as illustrated in Fig. 6, they engage the cable and prevent movement of the same and the sheave in either direction. In other words,it is apparent that one doglocks in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, so that it is manifest that whichever way the cableA may be drawn the sheave 2 will rotate accordingly and one dog 4 will lock, while the otherrides free on the cable-bight wound around the sheave. This is a feature of great practical importance, since it enables a cable'to be stretched or taken up at anytime at either end of theline, and locking of the cable and sheaves is automatically performed. In Fig. 21 show two guard or guide pulleys 5 for the hauling-rope 0, arranged and secured upon the horizontal arms b of an end post B. The arrangement of these parts 5 is further shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Two peripheral-grooved pulleys are juxtaposed in the same horizont'al plane. In practice the cable A passes between these pulleys 5, and the guard-arm 6 projects over or spans the space between them, as shown in Fig; 10.. This guard-arm is pivoted upon the journal of one of the sheaves 5, and a plate-spring is attached to the same, its ends engaging pins 7. Thus the spring tends to hold the arm 6 normally directed-across the space between the sheaves 5. A roller 6 is applied to the arm 6 for the purpose of relieving friction due to engagement with the lateral traction-arm 8 of the carriage D. (See Fig. 13.) The hauling-rope O is shown in Fig. 2 connected with such lateral arm 8, which has a V-shaped vertical loop, as shown in Fig. 13, into which the said rope O is received. The end of the rope is provided with a button or stop 9, consisting of a piece of wood or metal, which is firmly secured to the rope an d made of such sizethat it will not pass through the loop 8, but

post B by means of rope O and Windlass 10.

I propose to employ any motor or means for causing the carriage D to travel either way on the cable A; butin this instance-that is to say, in Figs. 1 and 2I illustrate such arrangement of partsthat the carriage operates or travels'bygravity in one direction. cause the carriage D to run out by gravity, the cable A is necessarily inclined. In other words, it is normallyat a slight downward inclination from the post B to a pointnear the other terminal post B as shown in Fig. 1.

Hence whenever the cable is drawn taut between the post B and the adjacent post B the carriage will travel by 'gravityto the end of the line, or rather to a point intermediate the end post B 'and the adjacent post 13, for the post B is the higher, so that the cable'A rises at that point. In Fig. 1 the cable A is shown slack in dotted lines between the posts B and B, whereby it is manifest the carriage or carriages will be lowered, as may be required,to enable the grapples 11 to be engaged with a log X. It will be understood that this slack is effected by allowing the cableA to pay off from the Windlass 1 and that the cable is securely locked by dogs 4: to all the sheaves 2 on the intermediate posts B, so that it is held duly taut, save between posts B and B. It will be further understood that any required degree of slack may be produced, so that the carriages D, may be lowered to any required extent. For the purpose of carryinglogs I employ two duplicate carriages D, which are coupled bya chain orother suitable device. When the log has been duly. engaged by the grappies 11, the windlassl is operated to take up the slack or draw the cable A taut, as shown by full lines, Fig. 1, and the carriages being thus raised and at the same time released from a detaining-rope (not shown) will travelrapidly along the cable A until they reach the point wherethe log is to be lowered and released. the line; but as shownin Fig. 1 his adjacent to or in front'of the end post 13*. understood that for the purpose of arresting TOO This point may be anywhere along It will be the log and lowering it at that point the cable I A is slackened in the samemanner as before described, which is effected by paying ofi the cable from the Windlass 1*, attached to the post B When the log X has been released from the grapplesll, the Windlass 1 is again rotated to draw the cable taut between the;

posts B and B, and thus raise the carriage when the Windlass 10 is operated to wind up the hauling-rope C, whereby the carriages are drawn back to thestarting-point for repeti- 'tion of the operationthat is to say, for enof the cable from post 13 to the point where the log is to be discharged For the purpose of insuring safety I employ a swinging buffer 12 for the log X, which bufier 12 issuspended by ropes 13 from the crosspiece b to post B For the purpose of slacking the cable A be,- tween the posts B, and thereby lowering the carriages and log for the purpose of releasing the latter at any point intermediate of the 'terminals B and 13*, I employ the mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4. As shown in Fig. 4, two cable-supporting pulleys or sheaves 2 are secured upon the arms or platform of a post B, and one of themto wit,the left-hand one is provided with a small pulley 14, which is arranged in line with it and journaled in the same casing 3. The latter has a lengthwise brace or reinforce 3 The cable passes around the right-hand pulley 2, thence over the left-hand pulley 2, then around pulley 11, and back beneath both the pulleys 2 and over small antifriction-pulleys 15 and 16, thence down to a Windlass 17, which is provided with a gear 18, operated by a pinion 19, having a shaftprovided with ahand-crank 20. The cable A is wound one or more times around the Windlass 17 and secured thereon. by means of a clamp 21. another windlass 17, over antit'riction guidepulleys 1b and end pulley 15, and then around the adjacent sheave or pulley 2. The course of the cable is indicated by arrows for the sake of greater clearness of illustration.

.The windlasses 17 and 17 are fixed on their shafts 22, to which a ratchet 23 is also apthrough engagement of its pawl 25 with the ratchet 23, will rotate the adjacent Windlass, so as to take up the cable A, and that by releasing the dog 25 the indlass will be released, so as to pay off the cable as may be desired. By employing the gear 18 I am able to utilize a considerable leverage for taking up the cable A, so as to give it the required degree of tension. It will be understood that this mechanism is for the purpose of producing a slack oneither side of an intermediate post B, towhich itis applied-that is to say, on the right-hand side or on the left-hand It passes thence (see'Fig. 4) to side of the cable-supports 2, secured lon each post, as the case may require. Thus a stack may be produced at any point on theline A.

It will be further apparent that when slack is produced the carriages carrying the log may be arrested and lowered and the logreleased or that the carriages may be arrested and lowered for the purpose of taking up logs that are to be transported farther along the line. It will be further seen that the same mechanism may be utilized to tighten the cable A wherever the former may be located. The employment of the pulley 14 is necessary in order to prevent undue friction or binding of the cable A. It will be understood that the loop or slack of cable A (shown in Fig. 3) is necessary to enable the cable to be paid out as required to allow the carriage to be low ered, as described.

, I have thus far described a single line or cable system of transportation; but it is to be understood that my invention isequally applicable to an endless or continuous line A, which is diagrammatically represented in Fig. 1. In thesystem shown in Figs.1 and 2 buta single carriage or series of connected carriages can be employed, and these must belhauled back to the starting-point aftereach release or delivery of the log or, other freight; but when the continuous and stationary cable A is employed the carriages will travel a continuous circuit, as indicated by arrows in Fig. 1 In the continuous or circuitous sys .tem carriages will be propelled by an endless IOO hauling-line C, (see Fig. 1,) which willbe arranged alongside the cable A and be caused to travel by arrotary motor. The cable A will be supported on pulleys or sheaves, as before described, and the hauling-rope C will travel in guide-pulleys, such as shown in Figs. 9 and 10.

It will be understood that the same means and method for slackening the cable A and lowering the'carriages for the purpose of releasing or taking up logs will be employed in the circuitous system as in the single-line system: i It is obvious that in the circuitoussystem it is necessary to pass around or over certain angles orcurves in the cable, and it may also be required in the single system. I have discoveredby experiment an arrangement of the cable which enables this to be done with perfect security.

or left, it is always crossed,'as shown in Fig.

8, andwhen so arranged the'wheels ofthe carriage D pass readily from the straight section to the laterally-inclined section of the cable. The space between the wheels 28'of the arriage D (see Fig. 11) is always such that when one wheel is on the inclined (sec: tion of the cable the other wheelwi1l= be on the section forming an obtuse angle 'with it. In other words, the two wheels pass the angle crosses over the straight one.

- near their endsas practicable.

I down and are bolted to the bars 31.

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proves, may be effected with rapidity.

switched or deflected to the left the inclined section of the cable would be passed across from the opposite side. In other Words, the laterally-inclined section of the cable always By this simple arrangement of cable and support therefor I provide for passing curves and angles or for switching, as required in practice, without employing or requiring any supplemental device and that it permits the cable to be slackened or stretched, as before described. I desire to be understood that I do not restrict myself in this regard to a rotatable medium or element, such as the sheave 2, but may apply this arrangement of cable to a fixed support.

I will now describe the carriage with such detail as maybe necessary. The frame. of the same consists (see Figs. 11, 13, and 14:)

of an arch top bar 30 and lengthwise bars 31. The bars 31 are spaced apart and secured at their ends to the arch-bar-30. The wheels 28. arejournaled between the bars 31 and as The arch-bar 30 is supported by a brace 32, which has the same curve and is applied underneath the same lengthwise. Ties and struts 33 are applied near the center of the arch and extend By this means I produce a strongly-trussed frame, the intention being to combine maximum The ends of the arch-plate 30 are notched to receive the cable,

but extendeddown so as to form buffers in curved downward and is secured tothe carriage, as shown in Fig. 12, a pin 35 passing through it and through the adjacent sides of a saddle 36. The latter is practically U- shaped and supported upon and bolted to the central portions of the side bars 31. In practice I prefer to make this saddle in one piece with the arm 8, towhich the hauling-rope O or Cis attached. It will be understood that by the arrangement described the Weight suspended by the grapples 11 is applied to the carriage centrally and vertically,so as to be borne equally by its two grooved wheels 28,. From the ends of I the longitudinal framebars 31 depend two opposite plates 37, having inwardly-projecting flanges 38. Upon these flanges are pivoted two obtuse-angled bars 39,-which are acted upon by springs 40,- that hold them with the apexes of their angles in contact or in close contiguity, as shown in Figs. 12, 13, and 14. Stops il (see Figs. 12

and 14) are provided for engagement of the idly. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters free ends of these bars; The function of the latter is to prevent the carriage becoming disengaged from-the sheaves 2 and their casings 3 when causing them to lock the car- It will be apparent that.

riage to the cable. the locking bars are separated or parted when the carriage passes over one of the sheave-supports 2 3 of the cable. In other words, at such time the bars 39 are thrown laterally outward, as shown in Fig. 16, by contact with the casing 3 of a'sheave or pulley, and are held thus pressed outward until the casing has been passed by the carriage. The casing 3 is provided at the top with horizontal flanges 3,.- (see Fig. 4,) and the angles of bars 39 ride beneath them in passing. As shown in Fig. 11, slots 42 are formed in the flanged plates 37, through which the free ends of the locking-bars 30 may outward.

I have before described the connection of the hauling-rope O with the arm'S of the carriage D by reason of engagement of. the button or stop 9 with the same; but when the endless or circuitous cable system, Fig. 1,

is employed'the hauling-rope O (seeFig. 15) will pass through the V-shaped arm 8 instead of stopping at that point, as in the single-linesystem. the carriage be lowered by slacking the cable, as before described, the arm 8 will'be drawn downward orotf'from the hauling-rope C", and thereby released from engagement with the stop 9, and, contra-riwise, the engagement will be resumed when the carriage is again hoistedto its normal position. In other words, the engagement and disengagement of the carriage-arm S with the continuous haulingvline O is eifected automatically as the carriage is-raised and lowered. The line C will run between the guide-pulleys 5.

project when thrown a It is apparent that if in such case Itwill be understoodthat the length of the line operated upon my system may be several miles and that the distance between the posts will be such as conditions may require. It will be further understood than any form of freight may be handled andtransported "by this system. In the case of a Very long single line, where'gravity cannot be depended upon throughout the same, the line may be divided into sections, and the carriages, with J log or other freightattached, may be elevated from one section to the next by means of a hauling-line or any other special appliance.

The entire system may be cheaply construct ed and operates efficiently, safely,and rap Patent, is-- 1. In an overhead-cable system of transpor- I tation, the combination of a cable and a series of supports therefor around which the cable is wound, the cable crossing and diverging from the upper side ofsaid supports, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an overhead-cable system of transpor tation, the combination of a cable, means for stretching it, and a series of pivoted supports therefor around whichthe cable is wound, and upon the top of which the cable is crossed, as shown and described.

3. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination of a cable, and a series of grooved sheaves supporting the same and journaled in suitable supports, the cable being wound around the sheaves and crossing and diverging in opposite directions upon the upper side of the sheaves, substantially as shown and described.

4:. In an overheadcable system of transportation, the combination of a cable, means for stretching it, a series of sheaves journaled as described and supporting the cable and around which the latter is wound, and means for locking the cable and sheaves, substan tially as shown and described.

5. In an overhead-cable system oftransportation, the combination of a cable, means for stretching it, and sheaves journaled as described, and supporting said. cable, which is wound around them, and pivoted dogs arranged in opposite sides of the several sheaves, and having locking engagement with the portion of the cable encircling the sheaves, substantially as shown and described.

6. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination with a series of stationary frames or supports, of a cable, a series of grooved sheaves held on said support and around which the cable is wound, dogs pivoted on opposite sides of the sheaves and adapted to engage with the cable-section encircling the sheaves and crossing on the upper side of the latter, and means arranged at the terminals of the line for stretching or slacking the cable adjacent to such terminals, substantially as shown and described.

7. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination with a series of stationary frames or supports, of a cable, a series of grooved sheaves held on said support and around which the cable is wound, dogs pivoted on opposite sides of the sheaves and adapted to engage with the cable-section encircling the sheaves and crossing on the upper side of the latter, and means arranged on cable-supports intermediate of the terminals for slacking the cable, the latter being looped and engaged with such means at such points, as shown and described.

8. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination with a series of stationary frames or supports of a cable, a series of grooved sheaves held on said support and around which the cable is wound, dogs pivoted on opposite sides of the sheaves and adapted to engage with the cable-section encircling the sheaves and crossing on the up per side of the latter, two windlasses applied to a cable-supporting frame, which is intermediate the terminals of the line, and antifriction cable-sheaves arranged between the said windlasses and the sheaves whereon tho cable is wound, the cable having a loop between the windlasses sufficient to produce any required slack adjacent to the frame-support of the cable, substantially as shown and described.

9. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination with a series of stationary frames or supports of a cable, a series of grooved sheaves held on said supports and around which the cable is Wound, dogs pivoted on opposite sides of the sheaves and adapted to engage with the cable'section encircling the sheaves and crossing on the upper side of the latter, two windlasses applied to a cable-supporting frame which is intermediate the terminals of the line, means for locking said windlasses, a sheave 14 arranged adjacent to one of the cablesupporting sheaves 2 and antifriction-sheaves arranged on the frame below each of said cable-sheaves 2, the cable passing over the several sheaves and beneath the supporting-sheaves 2 and being secured to both windlasses and looped between the latter, as shown and described.

10. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination with a stationary cable upon which carriages run, of a haulingrope arranged adjacent thereto,guide-sheaves between which the rope runs, and a pivoted shiftable guard extending across the space intervening the pulleys, substantially as shown and described.

11. In an overhead-cable system of transportation, the combination of a stationary cable, a carriage adapted to travel on the latter and provided with a lateral and pendent arm, a hauling-rope attached to said arm, sheaves arranged opposite and serving as guides for said rope, a pivoted arm arranged horizontally, and a spring connected with the arm and tending to hold it extended across the space between the sheaves, the carriage-arm being adapted. to pass between the upper edges of the sheaves and push the pivoted arm aside, as shown and described.

l2. Arotatable cable support and lock, con- IIO sisting of a grooved sheave, a casing in which the same is journaled and two weighted dogs pivoted in said casing one on each side of the sheaves and arranged with its weighted end in the same plane with the sheave, substantially as shown and described.

13. The improved carriage for use on overhead cables, comprising an arched and trussed top frame, and a straight frame joining the ends of the same, wheels which are journaled in the straight frame and alined with each other, substantially as shown and described.

1 L. The improved carriage for use on overhead cables, comprising an arched top frame, longitudinal bars connecting the ends of said frame, and struts connecting the bars with the arched top, substantially as shown and described.

15. The improved carriage for the use specified,comprising an arched top plate,an arched reinforcing plate or rib attached to the under side of the same, longitudinal bars connect ing the ends of the arched portions, struts connecting the said bars with the arched top, and wheels journale l between the said bars in line with each other, substantially as shown and described.

16. Theimproved carriage for the use specified, comprising a frame provided with running wheels, and locking-bars pivoted on the depending portions of said frame and held normally projected inward so as to practically span the space beneath the wheels, whereby they are adapted to hold the carriage upon its support and to be pushed asunder for passing obstructions, substantially as shown and described.

17. The improved carriage for the purpose specified, comprising a frame having running wheels therein and depending portions as specified, obtuse-angled bars pivoted upon such depending portions and arranged horizontally, springs holding their angles normally in contiguity whereby they practically span the space beneath the wheels and are adapted to operate, substantially as shown and described. 7

18. The combination of the carriage with a fixed support upon which it is adapted to travel and locking-bars pivoted upon depending portions of the carriage and held normally in contiguity beneath the running wheels of said carriage and adapted to yield for passing obstructions in the line, substantially as shown and described.

10. The combination with a cable and support therefor consisting of sheaves and casings in which the same are journaled, said casings having lateral flanges at the top, of a carriage comprising a suitable frame and running wheels arranged therein, said carriage having depending portions and lockingbars pivoted thereto and projecting practically across the space beneath the wheels and adapted to yield as specified, whereby the carriage is locked to the cable and its supports, substantially as shown and described.

20. The improved carriage comprising a top and lower frame, running wheels journaled in the lower portion, a saddle attached to the latter and a C-shaped arm resting in said saddle and adapted. for support of a grapple or other freight carrier, substantially as shown and described.

21. The improved carriage for the purpose specified comprising an arched top portion, horizontal lengthwise bars connecting the end of the arch and saddle-piece interposed between the middle portion of said bars and supported thereon, and a C-shaped hanger attached to said saddle and bearing therein, and freight-carrying device attached to said hanger, substantially as shown and described.

22. The improved carriage for the purpose specified,comprisingan overheadarch,length wise connecting-bars, running wheels journaled in the frame, a lateral arm having a depending V-shaped portion, the same being rigidly attached to the central portion of the carriage between the running wheels, substantially as shown and described.

TONY ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON, J. MIDDLETON. 

